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Now if only somebody would give McNeely some real opportunities to strut his stuff in some A-level films. . . instead hiring the usual crew of techno-hacks and third-stringers who wouldn't know a strong theme if it walked up and bit them in the ass. (Pardon me if I've been down this path before.)
If anybody has doubts about McNeely having a voice of his own, take a chance and listen to WILD AMERICA, SAMANTHA, THE AVENGERS, and the last two cuts of TERMINAL VELOCITY. There's a genuine, unique talent there, waiting for a sympathetic producer/director to find him. The people who hired Goldsmith (and I miss him dearly) should be listening to McNeely and Broughton.
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This music is better than anything Williams composed for the prequels, IMHO.
It's music free from any images and thus it flows and develops its themes wonderfully.
And it doesn't rely on Williams themes at all, they re just quoted a couple of times, the rest is all McNeely.
A work everyone should appreciate and cherish.
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That's right. It was a novel first and that is what McNeely wrote the music for. It was eventually used in the following spin-off videogame (which I haven't played).
A lot of music from the Trilogy is used in the game, but if memory serves they used "Xizor's Theme", "Destruction of Xizor's Palace", and "Beggar's Canyon Chase".
This is one of my favorite SW scores. McNeely doesn't simply rely on any of Williams' themes, and makes their use all the more powerful when they appear. "Night Skies" is simply astounding in that regard, as is the way the Imperial March is used as an action motif in 'Destruction'.
It would have been amazing if they had been able to have someone compose music for the Thrawn Trilogy as well.
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Completely overlooked (or ignored?) by me.
Now, having recently re-aquainted myself with the prequel scores I came across this one...
... and I am absolutely thrilled. This is a fantastic score, right up my alley.
McNeely knows exactly how to do Star Wars.
Highly recommended!
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